Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
158 CXUS51 KGYX 041043 CLSAUG PWMCLMAUG 000 TTAA00 KGYX 020722 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 643 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2020 ................................... ...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SPRING SEASON, FROM 3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 05/22/1992 LOW -11 03/01/1982 HIGHEST 88 05/22 85 3 75 05/20 LOWEST 12 03/02 3 9 4 03/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 53.6 52.9 0.7 50.2 AVG. MINIMUM 34.6 34.2 0.4 33.6 MEAN 44.1 43.5 0.6 41.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 6.2 -5.2 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 38 36.8 1.2 38 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.21 1983 MINIMUM 4.57 1965 TOTALS 9.81 10.85 -1.04 9.96 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.12 -0.01 0.11 DAYS >= .01 27 36.3 -9.3 43 DAYS >= .10 20 21.0 -1.0 24 DAYS >= .50 8 7.1 0.9 4 DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.1 0.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.78 04/13 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1930 1983 -53 2108 SINCE 7/1 7003 7326 -323 7632 COOLING TOTAL 31 9 22 0 SINCE 1/1 31 9 22 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/300 DATE 05/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/260 DATE 03/04 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SPRING BEGAN MUCH THE WAY THE WINTER HAD BEEN, WITH MOSTLY MILD CONDITIONS BRIEFLY PUNCTUATED BY COOLER WEATHER. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 61 ON MARCH 9, A MILESTONE THAT WOULD NOT BE REACHED AGAIN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS SAW MORE FREQUENT WET AND EVEN WINTRY WEATHER. MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ON APRIL 2 AND 3. A WEEK LATER ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT MORE THAN AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION AS RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON APRIL 9. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ON APRIL 13. THE WEATHER PATTERN HAD BEGUN A SHIFT TOWARD COOLER WEATHER WHICH LASTED MOST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL. PERSISTENT TROUGHS OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES KEPT A FLOW OF COOL AIR OUT OF CANADA. THIS COOL WEATHER LASTED WELL INTO MAY, AND AUGUSTA EVEN REPORTED SNOW ON MAY 9. GRADUALLY, THOUGH, WARMER WEATHER BEGAN TO BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY AND EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD SPILL INTO NEW ENGLAND. THE FIRST TASTE OF THIS WARMTH WAS ON MAY 21 AND 22 WHEN AUGUSTA TOPPED 80 DEGREES BOTH DAYS. THEN A LONGER STRETCH OF SUMMER LIKE WARMTH BEGAN AT THE END OF MAY WITH A FEW MORE 80 DEGREE DAYS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 44.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST SPRING WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 49.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 37.9 DEGREES IN 1956. A TOTAL OF 9.81 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 1.04 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS ON APRIL 13 WHEN 1.78 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 4.57 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST WAS IN 1983 WITH 20.21 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN SPRING 2020... DATE RECORD PREVIOUS MAR 4 36 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 36 IN 1974 (TIED) APR 9 1.15 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.87 IN 2000 APR 13 1.78 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 1.19 IN 2002 APR 22 37 - COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE 38 IN 1989 MAY 1 0.76 - GREATEST PRECIPITATION 0.62 IN 1974 MAY 29 65 - WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE 61 IN 1987 $$ KIMBLE